Blessed Virgin Mary, Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
No one, not even a sinner, who devoutly recommends himself to her [Blessed Virgin Mary] shall ever become the prey of Hell.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Acceptance, Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
For the valiant man fortune and misfortune are like his right and left hands; he uses both.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Struggle (with Sin)
Doesn’t God consider spiritual discouragement worse than any other sin? Yes indeed!
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), Humility, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Humility implies not weakness, rather the strength that comes from self-knowledge.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), Page: Quotes, Prayer (what), Quote Author, Quote Topic
Prayer is of three sorts. The one is perpetual: it is holy perpetual desire, which prays in the sight of God… for this desire directs all thy works, spiritual and corporal, to His honor, and therefore it is called perpetual…The other kind is vocal prayer, when the offices or other prayers are said aloud. This is ordained to reach the third – that is, mental prayer: your soul reaches this when it uses vocal prayer in prudence and humility, so that while the tongue speaks the heart is not far from God… And whenever one felt one’s mind to be visited by God, so that it was drawn to think of its Creator in any wise, it ought to abandon vocal prayer, and to fix its mind with the force of love upon that wherein it sees God visit it.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), Page: Quotes, Quote Author
What makes people patient, so that they patiently bear hurt, reproach, slander, and abuse from others, and torments and assaults from the devil? Gratitude.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)